Venice No. 9 / Venezia
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans Peter Schaefer, 2006
Image Source: 26 March 2006 by Hans Peter Schaefer [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_di_San_Giorgio_Maggiore] [accessed 7 April 2012]
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view of church interior - chancel
Scene Description: at the east end, the main altar
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Inselmann, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 March 2009 by Inselmann
[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_di_San_Giorgio_Maggiore] [accessed 7 April 2012]
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view of church interior - chancel - detail
Scene Description: branze by Antonio Vassilacchi representing the Four Evangelists holding up the orb with God the Father atop
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 February 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 March 2012)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 February 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 March 2012)
INFORMATION
FontID: 17992VEN
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Country Name: Italy
Location: Venezia, Veneto
Directions to Site: Located on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, facing the Bacino di San Marco.
Ecclesiastic Region: Patriarcato di Venezia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and stoup
Church Notes: "The first church on the island was built about 790 and in 982 the island was given to the Benedictine order by the Doge Tribuno Memmo. The Benedictines founded a monastery there, but in 1223 all the buildings on the island were destroyed by an earthquake. The church and monastery were rebuilt after the earthquake. The church, which had a nave with side chapels, was not in the same position as the present church but farther back at the side of a small campo or square. There were cloisters in front of it, which were demolished in 1516. The monks were considering the rebuilding of the church from 1521. Palladio arrived in Venice in 1560, when the refectory of the monastery was being rebuilt. He made great improvements to this and in 1565 was asked to prepare a model for a new church. The model was completed and approved in 1566 and the foundation stone was laid in the presence of the Pope in the same year. The work was not finished before the death of Palladio in 1580, but the body of the church was complete by 1575, except for the choir behind the altar and the facade The decoration of the interior was completed subsequently." [source: Boucher pp.161-170, in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_San_Giorgio_Maggiore [accessed 7 April 2012]]
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup consisting of a round basin with a thin moulding on the upper rima and a parallel one below; the underbowl has several radiated ribs or piping; raised on a round pedestal base of bulbous shape, and a triangular lower base with scrolls and mouldings. The stoup, especially the basin, appears in poor shape, badly cracked and probably restored.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.4293, 12.3433
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 25′ 45.48″ N, 12° 20′ 35.88″ E
UTM: 33T 292182 5034076
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round